BP Oil Spill - 2010 April 20, 2010 – explosion and sinking of Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor – 42 miles off coast of Louisiana Immediately after explosion, workers tried to control spread of oil to beaches and coasts using floating booms/chemical oil dispersants to break down oil 87 days later, the well was capped 3.19 million barrels of oil had leaked into the Gulf Gulf is still not oil free even 5 years later Largest accidental oil spill in history